1 Although nobody told Mr. Callahan until it was too late, the dark-hued shale rocks found in pockets along the Western Slope were oil shale. Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts ...

The slack from the oil shale bust has been taken up by service workers ... A century ago, these sorts of socioeconomic and environmental concerns would not have even been on the radar of a mining ...

The boom in production of oil and natural gas from shale formations became a significant ... the five industries most sensitive to oil prices—coal mining, oil and gas extraction, oil field ...

Like the kerogen in oil shale, tar sands' bitumen can be upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Because developing fossil fuels from these resources is different and more intensive than traditional energy ...

This is a full-scale mining operation, and I'm all for it ... "According to a number of studies and publications GAO reviewed, shale oil and gas development poses risks to air quality, generally ...

Energy as a share of gross output has declined to a little over 3%, but it's almost certainly more a function of oil prices resetting ... in the Eagle Ford shale play alone has added $61 billion ...